List of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Introduction Tim Niblock 2. Iraq: The Fertile Crescent Dimension H.G. Balfour- Paul 3. State Power and Economic Structure: Class Determination and State Formation in Contemporary Iraq Joe Stork 4. Recent Developments in the Kurdish Issue Sa’ad Jawad 5. Saddam Hussain’s Political Thinking: The Comparison with Nasser Peter Mansfield 6. The Emancipation of Iraqi Women Amal al-Sharqi 7. Revolution within the Revolution? Women and the State in Iraq Amal Rassam 8. The Eradication of Illiteracy in Iraq Alya Sousa 9. United States – Iraq Relations: A Spring Thaw? Barry Rubin 10. Iraqi Polices towards the Arab States of the Gulf, 1958-1981 Tim Niblock 11. Economic Relations between Iraq and Other Arab Gulf States Naomi Sakr 12. Iraqi Oil Policy: 1961-1976 Paul Stevens 13. Problems of Rural Development in an Oil-Rich Economy: Iraq 1958-1975 Robin Theobald and Sa’ad Jawad 14. Western, Soviet and Egyptian Influences on Iraq’s Development Planning Rodney Wilson 15. The Challenge of Human Resources Development in Iraq J.S. Birks and C. Sinclair 16. Industrial Development and the Decision-making Process John Townsend List of Contributors Index
Biography
Tim Niblock
